He has spent all the season in Sevilla (Spain) playing with the Cajasol's U-16 team. Next year he will combine the U-18 with the EBA squad at fourth division. Georgian Beqa Burjanadze ('94) is the only prospect who has collected three double-double in three games in the U-16 Division "B" European Championship held in Tallinn (Estonia). Georgia is leading its group with a 3-0 record, with the 2.01 forward averaging 16.7 points, 14.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks. Today Slovenia has been his victim: 21+17. Let's check today's results.
Group A:
-Sweden 62 Ukraine 69: Nicholas Spires ('94) 19 points with 8/9 twos and 16 rebounds; Danylo Zuikov ('94) 18 points with 6/12 threes and 3 rebounds.
-Portugal 54 Switzerland 57: Diogo Ventura ('94) 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal; Richard McAllister ('94) 18 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.
Standings: Ukraine (3-0), Portugal (1-2), Switzerland (1-1), Austria (1-1) and Sweden (0-2).
Group B:
-Belarus 58 Ireland 67: Anton Vashkevich ('94) 18 points with 5/5 twos and 6 rebounds; Luke Thompson ('94) 18 points with 3/6 threes and 5 boards.
-England 53 Czech Republic 77: Joshua Ward-Hibbert ('94) 21 points with 3/4 threes and 11 rebounds; Adam Pechacek ('95) 14 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block.
Standings: Czech Republic (3-0), Slovak Republic (1-1), England (1-1), Ireland (1-1) and Belarus (0-3).
Group C:
-Belgium 73 Luxembourg 78: Sam Hemeleers ('95) 17 points with 5/11 threes and 4 rebounds; Bob Melcher ('94) 19 points with 3/5 threes and 7 rebounds.
-Slovenia 69 Georgia 70: Aleksej Nikolic ('95) 14 points with 3/6 threes and 2 steals; Beqa Burjanadze ('94) 21 points with 8/9 FT and 17 boards.
Standings: Georgia (3-0), Luxembourg (2-0), Slovenia (1-1), Belgium (0-3) and Romania (0-2).
Group D:
-Finland 65 Hungary 72: Juuso Kauppinen ('94) 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals; Marton Varga ('94) 18 points with 6/7 twos and 12 boards.
-Netherlands 59 Norway 46: Mike Schilder ('94) 20 points with 5/13 threes and 8 rebounds; Marco Lepovic ('94) 13 points with 6/18 FG and 12 boards.
Standings: Netherlands (3-0), Hungary (2-1), Estonia (1-1), Finland (0-2) and Norway (0-2).
